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Banksia integrifolia, coastal banksiaFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Telopea speciosissima, waratahDrawing 432 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Warratta
Clematis viticella, Polish spiritPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Protea cynaroides, king proteaPainting by Stephan Endlicher from Catalogus Horti Academici Vindobonensis pub.1842
Banksia coccinea, scarlet banksiaPlate 139 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Protea nitida, wagon treePlate 85 from Delineation of exotic plants cultivated in the Royal Garden at Kew (1796) by Franz Andreas Bauer (1758-1840). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Banksia serrata, old man banksiaFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Papaver somniferum, Opium poppyDrawing by Arthur Harry Church in 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Banksia speciosa, showy banksiaPlate 140 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Lambertia formosa, honey flowerFinished watercolour by John Frederick Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Lambertia formosa, mountain devilEngraving by Daniel Mackenzie from a drawing by Ferdinand Bauer, made in 1796, from herbarium material sent to Lambert by Henry de Ponthieu from the West Indies
Fumaria officinalis, fumitoryIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Aquilegia sp. columbineDrawing 1/5 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 018
Papaver sp. blue poppyIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Adonis blue butterfly from the collections at the Natural History Museum, London
Aquilegia vulgaris, ColumbineInk drawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903 Date: 1903
Papaver somniferum, opium poppyPainting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33
Platanus x hispanica, London plane leavesLondon plane leaves fallen in the Natural History Museum Wildlife Garden. Photo taken on November 1997 by Sue Snell
Empidonax virescnes, Elliottia racemosa, Callirrhoe triangulAcadian flycatcher, elliottia, poppy mallow and pipit. Drawing 20 (Ewan 46) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Nelumbo lutea, American lotus & Dionaea muscipula, venus fly
Nigella hispanica, fennel flowerDrawing 1/20 made in 1905 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Caltha palustris, yellow marsh marigoldDrawing 1/9 made in 1906 by Arthur Harry Church (1865-1937). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 031
Banksia spinulosa, hairpin banksiaDrawing 415 from the Watling Collection by Port Jackson Painter, 1788-1797. Illustration entitled Wallangre
Sarracenia flava, yellow pitcher plant & Sarracenia purpureaNelumbo lutea, American lotus & Triodopsis albolabris, land snail & Cemophora coccinea, scarlet snake. Drawing 30 (Ewan 22) from the Botanical and zoological drawings (1756-1788) by William Bartram
Papaver orientale, Eastern poppyFolio 22 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Aconitum napellus, monkshoodOne of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Nelumbo nucifera, sacred lotusPlate 45 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Platanus latifolia, fossil plane tree leaf from the Upper Cretaceous from Greenland. Specimen 170 mms left to right
Knightia excelsa, rewarewa honeysuckle treeFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illlustration annotated Brabejum sparsum
Isopogon anethifolius, narrow leaf drumstickFinished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
AquilegiaPage 247 (248) from Flora Exotica (1720) by Johann Gottfried Simula
Helleborus kochii, false roseWatercolour drawing by Claude Aubriet (1665-1742). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Papver sonniferum, field poppyPlate 49 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Lotus nelumbo, lotusPlate 47 from the John Reeves Collection of Botanical Drawings from Canton, China. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Corvus corone, carrion crowPlate 58 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Persoonia lanceolata, lance leaf geebungFinished watercolour by James Miller from an original outline drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771
Emberiza cirlus, cirl buntingPlate 23 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 3 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph
Ranunculus biternatus, antarctic buttercupFinished watercolour by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771. Illustration annotated Ranunculus flaccidus
Banksia serrata
Grevillea banksii, red silky oakPlate 132 from Botanical Drawings from Australia (1801) by Ferdinand L Bauer (1760-1826)
Aquilegia canadensis, wild columbineDrawing 1/6 by Arthur Harry Church, 1904. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Plate 020
Delphinium ajacis, rocket larkspurDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1908. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London
Aquilegia vulgaris, European columbineDrawing by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Platte 023
Glaucium leuteum, horned poppyOne of the 36 decorative panels depicting flora that form the ceiling of the North Hall at the Natural History Museum, London
Helleborus viridis, green helleboreHellebores contain a powerful cardiac poison & narcotic. Used medicinally for a variety of conditions, it needed to be administered with care to avoid being fatal to the patient
Papaver sp. yellow poppyIllustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London
Olea europea, oliveA photograph of one of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Olea europea, olive